The idea for this project came from realizing that after 40 years with the accordion, I’d never completed a full project with my sons. I wanted to create something truly unique, unlike anything else out there. I drew on my own experiences, revisiting my earlier work—especially my cassettes from the early ’90s—that really captured my style. I remembered a conversation with my Great-Uncle Fernest Arceneaux, who once told me, “It’s nice to run all over the keys like you do, but it’s way groovier if you add some horn parts on the accordion for most of it.” So that’s exactly what I did. In Pepper Studio, I composed songs and crafted horn parts for the accordion, bringing the project to life. As a freestyle accordionist who plays with some theory, some technical skill, some ear, and mostly heart, composing accordion parts was a new challenge for me. This project is unlike anything I’ve done or heard in this genre. I took my time with every detail, collaborating with other composers and my sons to make it something extraordinary. I’m very proud of this project, especially what my sons and I have created together.